The core focus of my research is on better understanding the genetics of adaptation in viruses. To accomplish this I integrate empirical and theoretical approaches focusing on the use of experimental evolutionary, population genetic, phylogenetic, and computational methods.

My current research projects focus primarily on molecular evolution of influenza. This work includes estimating rates of reassortment, coadaptation in the genome, and the effects of beneficial mutations on antigenicity. In addition, I am working on statistical approaches to model CpG evolution in primates, patterns of adaptive evolution in Escherichia coli genomes, and estimating selection from time-series allele frequency data.

I have recently moved to the Institute of Science and Technology, Vienna, Austria. Contact details can be found here:
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